I'll be there with you, Maureen. I have good memories of teaching in the '80's and early '90's when teachers behaved as the professionals that we are. Let's take back our classrooms and our schools. Our students deserve better. Elisa Sent on the TELUS Mobility network with BlackBerry
-----Original Message----- From: Maureen Morrissey <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 18:07:56 To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<[email protected]> Reply-To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Common Core - response to feeling the standards are always helpful Sally, great response, I hope Kaui and others read it and it makes them think: why did I go into teaching in the first place? To spoonfeed pap to my students or to make a difference in their lives? To help them pass a test or to help them develop into lifelong learners, thinkers, readers. I'm afraid we cannot have it both ways. It's sad to me that the question authority days are over and many in the profession are deferring to the powers that be. We are the educated educators; we are the professionals who should be lifelong learners and reflective practicioners. We need to take back the educating of our students, even if we have to start grassroots again like in the '80s. Maureen _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
